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EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – February 16, 1969
Service recordEdwin Howard Hardesty JR, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 43
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Kentucky (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 43
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM HAROLD FARVOURCorporal · February 16, 1969
- GERALD QUINN HANCOCKSergeant · February 16, 1969
- EARL FRANKLIN HOUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 16, 1969
From Shelbyville
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
- STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.